Fri 13 March 2020: (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, are in self-isolation after she fell ill and was tested for the coronavirus, while schools are being shut down in Ontario to limit the spread of the outbreak. In a blow to hockey-obsessed Canadians, the National Hockey League suspended its […]
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Fri 13 March 2020: The new coronavirus outbreak “is a controllable pandemic” if countries step up measures to tackle it, the head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged the global outbreak of the new coronavirus could now be considered a pandemic – a disease actively spreading globally. But he told […]
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Fri 13 March 2020: A second member of the National Basketball A’s Utah Jazz, Donovan Mitchell, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The team confirmed Thursday morning that a second Jazz player had tested positive for the virus, but did not identify the player. The All-Star guard later confirmed the report over social media. All-Star centre Rudy Gobert […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: A top adviser to Iran’s utmost authority Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been infected with the new coronavirus, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. “Ali Akbar Velayati, who also is the head of Tehran’s Masih Daneshvari hospital, had contacts with many coronavirus patients in past few weeks. He has […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr accused US President Donald Trump of spreading the coronavirus among America’s opponents. In a tweet, Al-Sadr said: “Trump … You and your likes are accused of spreading this disease, especially since most of those who suffer from it are against America.” “Trump, yesterday you claimed that […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday was tested for coronavirus as the island nation reported its second death from the virus. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte did “not have symptoms of the virus but has opted to undergo the test.” Senator Bong Go, who was also tested along side Duterte, […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: (REUTERS) Singapore will close all mosques for at least five days for deep cleaning to prevent the spread of coronavirus after a number of congregants in the city-state attended an Islamic conference in neighbouring Malaysia linked to infections. The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore said the closures would take effect Friday, […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: The World Health Organization declares the outbreak pandemic as countries struggle to contain the spread of the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic as the virus continued to spread across the world. More than 124,000 people in at least 114 countries have been infected […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding to help it fight the coronavirus outbreak, which has hit the Islamic Republic hard, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Thursday. The IMF managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, “has stated that countries affected by COVID-19 will be […]
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Thu 12 March 2020: The death toll in China from the novel coronavirus outbreak has risen to 3,172, the country’s National Health Commission said Thursday. The commission said 11 people have died in the past 24 hours while 15 new cases were registered. There are currently 80,793 registered cases in China while 13,701 people have […]
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